Stars talk about their fondest memories of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, the largest independent cinema festival in the US.
In its 35th year, the annual Sundance Film Festival, held in the snowy streets of Park City, Utah, has become a launch pad for low-budget films and unknown stars in films that need investors.
Co-founded in 1978 by actor-director Redford, this year's 119 films were culled from 12,000 submissions. The ten-day festival, starting on Jan 17, showcases the films in competitions and low-key premieres that serve as an antidote to Hollywood's glittering awards season.
Sundance has also become a more star-studded affair. This year's roster is expected to bring A-listers such as Nicole Kidman and Jacki Weaver, who star in the mysterious thriller Stoker, and Naomi Watts in the passionate drama Two Mothers.
Even in death, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the festival's biggest star. The biography jOBS, starring Ashton Kutcher as the entrepreneur, claimed the coveted spot closing the festi... Show More

Stars talk about their fondest memories of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, the largest independent cinema festival in the US.
In its 35th year, the annual Sundance Film Festival, held in the snowy streets of Park City, Utah, has become a launch pad for low-budget films and unknown stars in films that need investors.
Co-founded in 1978 by actor-director Redford, this year's 119 films were culled from 12,000 submissions. The ten-day festival, starting on Jan 17, showcases the films in competitions and low-key premieres that serve as an antidote to Hollywood's glittering awards season.
Sundance has also become a more star-studded affair. This year's roster is expected to bring A-listers such as Nicole Kidman and Jacki Weaver, who star in the mysterious thriller Stoker, and Naomi Watts in the passionate drama Two Mothers.
Even in death, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the festival's biggest star. The biography jOBS, starring Ashton Kutcher as the entrepreneur, claimed the coveted spot closing the festival.
It was selected in part because festival organisers wanted to take advantage of the late computer executive's enduring popularity, said Sundance director John Cooper.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 31, is no stranger to Sundance, having featured in festival entries such as Brick in 2005 and more recently the indie comedy "(500) Days of Summer, which went on to become a box office hit in 2009.
The festival helped catapult the former child star into mainstream movie roles such as The Dark Knight Rises and Inception.
Actor James Franco, a co-star in Lovelace, is bringing two sexually charged films -- the documentary kink, which will play in the festival's midnight slot, and S&M; film Interior. Leather Bar., which will complete in the New Frontiers Films slot, which showcases underground films and multimedia projects.
Documentary directors will also use the Sundance platform to shine a spotlight on bigger social issues. The widening income gap in America is explored by economic policy expert Robert Reich in Inequality for All, while 99% -- The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, delves into the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The documentary roster will also feature RJ Cutler's film The World According to Dick Cheney, which profiles the former US vice president, and Alex Gibney's We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, about the new era of information transparency.
The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 20-30.
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